Chapter 19: You Think I’m a Robber?

Chen Fengshi kicked them for a while. The one in white had fallen so hard that he was dizzy, but now he recovered a bit. He climbed up angrily and cursed as soon as he opened his mouth, “Fuck…”

Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, Chen Fengshi had already rushed over. He swept the guy to the ground with one kick, and then kicked him just like he kicked the one in red, cursing as he kicked, “Fuck, right! Idiots, right! Get lost, right! Tired of living, right!…”

Even though he held back his strength, his body was much stronger than theirs to begin with. It did not take long before the one in white was kicked so hard that he did not even have the energy to groan.

Quite a few people crowded inside the internet cafe to watch the fun. The motorcycle owner who had been attacked earlier and did not dare to come out saw that the two thieves had no power to fight back, so he quickly ran out, got on his motorcycle, and was about to leave.

When Chen Fengshi saw this, he shouted at the man, “Hey! I helped you out anyway, can’t you even say thank you?”

The owner was stunned with an awkward look on his face. He got off the bike again, ran quickly into the internet cafe, bought a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of water, and ran out. He handed them to Chen Fengshi apologetically, saying repeatedly, “Thanks for the help, thanks for the help, thank you so much. It’s just a small token, please don’t mind it.”

Chen Fengshi took the water and drank it all in one breath. The owner kept holding up his palm to say goodbye, constantly saying words of thanks. He got on the motorcycle again and rode away.

The thief in red struggled to his feet at this time and threatened in anger and embarrassment, “Where are you from? How dare you touch us…”

Chen Fengshi rushed over and aimed a kick at his lower abdomen. Without any suspense, he kicked him down. The impact caused the man’s body to slide a short distance on the concrete floor before stopping.

“Did I let you stand up?”

At this moment, the thief in white, who was originally preparing to cooperate with the one in red, had just struggled to his feet. When he saw Chen Fengshi look over, he quickly squatted on the ground, raised his hands high to beg for mercy, and asked not to be hit. He did not dare to act arrogant anymore and said, “Big bro, we were wrong.”

“Wrong?” Chen Fengshi asked on purpose, and then questioned with pretended anger, “What’s wrong with me reciting poetry when I’m in a bad mood? What’s wrong with me reciting poetry on the street?”

“Nothing wrong, nothing wrong…” The guy in white thought to himself that only a crazy person would recite poetry at a time like that, and even run to this kind of place to recite poetry, but he did not dare to say this out loud. The rule of not suffering a loss right in front of your eyes was something any normal creature understood.

“Nothing wrong, so why did you want to chop me?” Chen Fengshi pointed to the split thread on the edge of his shoe, and then pointed to the pants that did not quite fit and had burst a seam, continuing to ask, “Nothing wrong, so why did you want to chop me, making me waste energy fighting, not to mention my leather shoes coming unglued and my pants bursting a seam?”

The one in white felt very wronged, but even a fool could understand, so he quickly said, “It’s our fault, our fault. We will compensate, compensate.” As he spoke, he took out money from his pocket, but there was only a few dozen bucks.

Obviously not enough, he pointed to the thief in red who had silently climbed up and was sitting on the ground, then ran over to talk to him. The one in red seemed unhappy, but the one in white forcefully dug into his pockets regardless, pulled out over a hundred bucks, and then quickly ran back over. He handed it over and said, “Big bro, that’s all we have.”

“You give me all the money on you, what do you mean by that?” Chen Fengshi questioned with an unhappy face. The one in white could only look completely confused, having no idea what he meant.

Actually, let alone these two thieves, even the crowd gathered at the internet cafe door watching the fun did not understand.

Chen Fengshi said with an indignant voice, “Do you think I’m a robber? You don’t even ask how much my losses should be compensated, and just take out all the money on you! Only robbers would take everything regardless of the amount, right?”

Fine… The thief in white did not know what to say anymore. In his heart, he considered Chen Fengshi a weirdo and an idiot, but he could only force a smile and say, “Yes, yes, yes, big bro is right. So what does big bro mean, how much should we compensate?”

Chen Fengshi said casually, not joking at all, “The pants are cheap, two hundred will do; the shoes are a bit more expensive, four hundred.”

…The thief in white fell silent. He finally understood. Chen Fengshi was playing dumb. If they wanted to get away with just over a hundred bucks, he would never agree.

The crowd gathered at the internet cafe door also suddenly realized what was going on, so someone could not hold back a low chuckle and said, “Damn, this is even worse than robbery.”

“Big bro, then, then should we go back and get it for you?” the thief in white asked tentatively. Unexpectedly, Chen Fengshi smiled and said, “You stay, that one goes to get the money.”

The one in red and the one in white exchanged glances, and then agreed. One stayed, and the other ran off.

The people watching the fun at the internet cafe door started to worry for Chen Fengshi. Anyone who wasn’t stupid could guess that when the one in red came back, he would definitely bring a group of people!

However, most people did not dare to meddle.

But there was one guy among them who did not look like a good kid either. Relying on the fact that he did not usually hang out in this area and was not afraid of offending anyone, he shouted, “Handsome, they will definitely call a group of people over! Are you really going to wait alone? You should at least call some people too!”

When Chen Fengshi heard this, he turned his head and waved at the man to thank him, “Thanks for the concern. If more come, I’ll beat up more. Anyway, I can’t fight for nothing and still lose the money for my shoes and pants.”

The man clasped his fists in respect and said with a face full of admiration, “Awesome, I admire you!”

Chen Fengshi originally did not think that much. He just saw that the one in red was clearly unconvinced and wanted revenge, so he made a spur-of-the-moment decision to add to the drama. He just felt that now he could not go back to school and it was not suitable to go home. He only had that little bit of money in his pocket, so he could not really sleep on the street, right?

When there were difficulties, they had to be solved, and right now he should naturally use his own advantages to solve the problem. But if it came to committing crimes like robbery, his sense of morality would get in the way, and he definitely could not do it. He did not even want to think about it. Since he ran into this matter, he would let this group of bad guys deliver help in the snow!

Because of this, he kept the thief in white, because he was afraid that if the one in white went to get the money, he might actually bring the money over and put an end to the matter. But the one he let go was the unconvinced thief in red, which made this possibility very low.

The thief in red indeed did not disappoint Chen Fengshi. He was already unconvinced. In this area, they were well-known tough guys. They only tried to steal the motorcycle tonight because they were in urgent need of money. In fact, they had not done this kind of small business for two years.

As a result, they urgently needed a thousand to get a room with a girl tonight. Unexpectedly, not only did they fail to get the motorcycle, but they also got beaten up and had to pay money out of their own pockets? Seeing that his planned date would be delayed, how could he endure this?

The thief in red called over a dozen people he usually knew well. Armed with knives and sticks, they charged aggressively to the internet cafe door. Seeing Chen Fengshi really standing outside waiting, the group cursed and rushed straight over!

The people outside the internet cafe hurriedly hid inside and closed the glass door. They continued to watch the fun through the door. Quite a few were worried for Chen Fengshi, and there were also those who thought it was impossible for him to deal with so many people, waiting to see him get beaten up by the gang.

The corners of Chen Fengshi’s mouth curled up slightly. Before the thief in white could excitedly stand up, he kicked him down first. Seeing that group of people rushing over, Chen Fengshi quickly dodged two machetes in a row, while his two fists caved in the faces of those two thugs, directly knocking them out on the ground.

By the time the people behind rushed over, Chen Fengshi had already quickly stepped back. He slightly moved sideways to avoid the one charging closest with a stick, and at the same time punched that man in the face.

At this time, three people stepped forward close to him. A knife and two sticks all swung at him. Chen Fengshi stepped back and moved to the side to dodge the knife, and his left fist immediately followed up to attack that man’s face. By using his movement, he made the other two sticks only hit his shoulder and right arm.

After knocking down the one with the knife, he took advantage of the momentum to step back and pulled the stick. The two people holding the stick lost their balance and fell forward to the ground, which in turn tripped two more people who were charging over.

Chen Fengshi maintained his rhythm. Retreating, dodging, and counterattacking were done in one smooth motion. For the sticks that he really could not dodge, he made sure to avoid being hit in the head. In a short while, he was hit by eight or nine sticks and slashed twice by machetes, but he did not care about this level of beating at all.

Anyone on the other side who was hit by him directly collapsed on the ground and could not get up. Under these circumstances, even though the other side had numbers, they had no chance to surround and beat him. In a short while, a whole bunch of them were lying on the ground.

The thief in white, who was squatting at the beginning, had grabbed a weapon and chased over to help. Now, with people lying all over the ground, he was the only one left standing.

He was still holding that machete. When he saw Chen Fengshi kick down his last companion, and Chen Fengshi’s gaze fell on him, he directly threw away the machete, raised his hands, squatted down, and quickly said, “Big bro, I didn’t hit you, I didn’t hit you, I didn’t hit you…”

Chen Fengshi pointed at the people all over the ground, as well as the knives and sticks rolling around, and then pointed to the wall in front of the internet cafe. The thief in white immediately understood and obediently went to do it.

Chen Fengshi drank his water, feeling extremely refreshed.

Such a battle result naturally relied on his currently abnormally tough body. Otherwise, it would not be easy to take down a whole group by himself. Moreover, being hit and slashed would not leave him acting as if nothing happened; he would likely have lost the combat power in his arms long ago. Even if they were not ruined, he would definitely need ten days to half a month to recover from his injuries after a fight like this.

Because it was very dangerous, Chen Fengshi would not have courted death by trying it in the past. Life did not have a second chance, and there was no way to recover from being crippled. How many awesome fighters ended up disabled in the end?

Now it was different. His abnormally tough body gave him special capital, and he was not afraid of this level of brawl at all.

The thief in white quickly gathered up the knives and sticks, piling them against the wall. Then he used belts or took off their shirts as ropes to tie the hands of the knocked-out guys, woke them up, and ordered them to squat in a row against the wall. He also went through their pockets one by one, straightened and folded the money neatly, and offered it up with both hands.

“Big bro, do you think this is enough?”

Chen Fengshi’s expression darkened. The one in white suddenly realized and quickly said, “Yes, yes, yes, big bro is not a robber. You just want reasonable compensation. Big bro, how much do you think is appropriate?”

Chen Fengshi looked at the thickness of the money and estimated there was over two thousand bucks. He also knew that these kinds of thugs could be rich one moment and broke the next, so it was hard to squeeze more out of them. Besides, as a student, he always felt that having enough money to spend was fine. He really did not have much ambition, so he planned to quit while he was ahead. If he kept pushing it, it might attract troublesome people later.

Before he could speak, among the row of people squatting against the wall, a man had been secretly looking at Chen Fengshi with his head down for a while. At this moment, he pretended to be pleasantly surprised and called out in a half-testing way, “Is that Old Chen? It’s me, A Wa! We drank together a few times before, the one who is very close with Sister Yao!”

Chen Fengshi looked at the man and had a little impression of him. He remembered that he was a bit older, but Sister Yao was quite well-connected and her family was rich, so she was very generous. Therefore, quite a few older guys also called her Sister Yao, like a nickname.

He remembered, and so he also remembered that this A Wa loved to take advantage of people. He was especially good at kissing up to people to get their money to spend. For a while, to scam money, he followed them around for free food and drinks, willingly acting as Sister Yao’s lackey. And worse—relying on her power to bully others, he had tricked his good friend multiple times back in the day just to please Sister Yao.

Chen Fengshi laughed happily. “Great! I was worried you guys wouldn’t be able to afford the compensation. Since you’re close with Sister Yao, borrowing money from her will definitely be enough to make up the amount.”